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PATBNTED AUG. 11, 1908. R. LOVE. FERTILIZRR DISTRIBUTER.

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UEiTED STATES PATENT oEEicE.

ROBERT LOVE, Ol" SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO KEMP BURPEE MAN UFACTURILNG COMPANY, OF SYRAGUSE, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

FEBTILIZER-DISTRIBUTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Augu 11, 1908.

Application med nach 17, 1904. serai No. 198,552.

To all whom it may concern:

hew York, have invented a certain new and.

useful Fertilizer-listributer, of which the following is a specitication.

My invention relates to fertilizer-distributers, and has for its obiect the production of a particularly sim ile i and highly efficientineans for controlling the operation of the discharging device, and means for supporting said device and enacting mechanism.

ln describing this invention', reference is had to the accom mnying drawing, in which like characters ruler to corresponding parts Figure 1 is a sid(` elevation of my distributer the supporting wheels being removed. Figs. 2 and 3 arcvenlarged side elevations, partly in section, of supporting brackets at opposite ends` of the discharging device and the bearings for said device reeiprocallv movable in the brackets. Fig. 4 is an egilarged detail view of parts seen in Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is an enlarged view in side elevation of the driving lllti'lm-msni for the discharging device, the locking means for said device, and portions of the supporting ineens for these arts.' Fig. 6 1s a detail lsectional view on line --A, Fig. 4. Fig 7 is a. sectional view on line B-B, Fig. l, parts being omitted. Fig. 8 is a sectional view on line-O O, Fig. 5, part-s being omitted. F ig. 9 is a detail kplan view ofa portion of the means for supporting and driving the discharging device. Fig. 10 is an edge view of the brace connecting the support. for the driving axle and the spindle carrying the driving member for the discharg- Fig. 11 is an end view of the discharging device. Fig. 12 is an enlarged top plan view of one of the deilecting teeth provided on the discharging device, the contiguous portion of the frame of said device being SllOWn- Figs- 13 and 14 are, respectively, toqplan and end views of the comb.

his fcrtilizer-distributer comprises, generally, a receptacle 1 for the fertilizer, discharging device. 2, means for actuating the discharging device, means for controlling the operation thereof, and means for supporting said device and coactiiig mechanism.

The receptacle l is of any desirable form,

ize and construction, is mounted on suitable supporting Wheels, not illustrated, and is provided with an open rear end, and the usual bottom, not shown, movable rearwardly for feeding the fertilizer to the discharging dcvice. This device 2 is of any suitable form, size and construction, is movable for discharging the fertilizer, and is also sliiftable from and toward the body of fertilizer, and into and out of connection with the means for eiiect-ing the operation of said device. As illustrated, the device 2 ireferably consists of a rotatable beater extending crosswise ofthe receptacle 1 at the rear end thereof, and comprising a frame cylindrical in form and usually composed of separated lengthwise bars 3 having teeth 4 projecting therefrom. Said beater when not in use to discharge the fertilizer, serves as the endboard of the receptacle 1, and when about to commence its discharging operation, is moved substantially lengthwise of the receptacle for a limited distance from the rear end of the fertilizer therein, thus freeing the teeth 4 from the fertilizer and preventing undue straining and breakage of the parts when the beater is started. Opposite ends of the beater are provided with trunnions 5 journaled in bearings 6 having forwardly and rearwardly projecting arms 7 S reciprocally-niovable substantially lengthwise of the receptacle in guide-openings 9 formed in supporting arms 11 which are arranged at opposite sides of the distributer (arms 11 at each side being disposed one in advance of the other) and are preferably detacliably secured to upright brackets 12 13 also arranged at o positc sides of the distributor, one of said Ibrackets, as 12, being provided with a spindle or stud 14 fixed thereto at the rear of the bearing 6 for one of the trunnions 5. Said brackets 12 13 are formed with depending ears 15 engaged with side surfaces of the sills of the receptacle 1 and having boltopeiiings 16 therein, and with laterally-projecting bosses 17 having openings extending therethrough lengthwise of the receptacle 1 for receiving bolts 18, which secure the arms 11 to the bracket-s, said arms finding bearings at opposite ends of the bosses 17-.

The ends of the periphery of the beater, or discharging device 2, are provided with teeth 19, Fig. 11, which deiieet the fertilizer Y from the ends of thc beater toward the center thereof, and thereby prevent the accumulation of fcrtilizing material between the end surfaces of said beater and the opposing inner surfaces of the receptacle and the supporting means for the beater, as the brackets 12 13. Said teeth 19 are each formed with an inner surface 20 inclined from its advance edge rearwardly relatively to thc direction of movement of the beater, toward the center of the beater, and with a base 21 engaged with the outer surface of a bar 3 forming part of the beater-frame and with an extension 22 of said base engaged with a side edge of said bar.

The means for actuating the discharging device, comprises a const antly-movable driving member 23, power transmitting means connecting said member to the driving or main axle 24 of the fertilizer-distributor, and a driven member 25 which is carried by the discharging device and partakes of the movements thereof, thus shifting said driven member 25 into and out of engagement with the driving member 23 as the discharging device is moved from and toward the body of fertilizer. Said driving member 23 is journaled on the spindle 14 iixcd to the bracket 12 and preferably consists of a gear-wheel having a hub of angular cross-section, and a sprocket-wheel 26 detachably secured, Fig. 6, by suitable bolts to the gear-wheel and having an axial opening of corresponding form to receive said hub.

The power-transmitting means connecting the driving member 23 to the axle 24 comprises a sprocket-wheel 27 fixed to said axle, a chain 28 running over the sprocketwheels 26 27, and an idler 29 for taking up the slack in the chain. Said idler 29 is mounted on a spindle provided on an adjustable part 30 having one end provided with a pivot-opening 31 alined with one of the openings 16 of the bracket 12, and its other er formed with a slot 32 concentric with the opening 31 and alined with another of said openings 16. Suitable bolts are passed respectively through these two o enings 16 and the pivot-opening 31 and s ot 32, and thus secure the bracket 12 to the sill 33 engaged thereby, permit adjustment of the part 30 about the bolt in the opening 31, and hold said part 30 in its adjusted position.

A brace 34, Fig. 10, is arranged between the outer end of the spindle or stud 14 and the support or hanger 35 for the axle 24, the rear end of the brace being deflected out.- wardly, and the front end thereof being arranged in a substantially V-shaped socket in said support or hanger. 1t will be noted that the means for actua-ting the discharging device is support ed wholly by the bracket 12 and the axle 24, and that the brace 34 holds apart the drivingmember23 and the s rocketwheel 27, thus preserving the paral elism of their axes and preventing undue strain and friction incidental to actuation of the driving member.

The driven member 25 usually consists of a gear-wheel which is lfixed to one of the trunnions 5 and is movable into and out of mesh with the gear-wheel 23, as the discharging device 2 is moved from and toward the body of fertilizer.

The means for controlling the operation of the discharging device 2 is, generally, means for moving said device from and toward the body of fertilizer substantially lengthwise of the receptacle 1, and thus connecting the driven member 25 to the driving member 23, or disconnecting said members and, as here illustrated, said means comprises an actuating member or lever 36 arranged at the front of the distributer, a rock-shaft 37 fixed to the lower end of the lever and forming essentially apart thereof, said roe '-shaft being disposed crosswise of the front cnd of the receptacle 1 and having its ends provided with cranks 33, and links 39 adjustable in length and arranged at opposite sides of the receptacle and having their front ends pivoted respectively to the cranks 3S and their rear ends connected to the forwaidly-extending arms 7 of the bearings 6. One of these links 39- is connected directly to the arm 7 of the corresponding bearing 6, and the other link is connected to locking means for holding the device 2 in its rearwar d position.

As best seen in Fig. 4, the locking means connected to one of the links39 consists of two members 4() 41 one, a lever-40 having its lower end pivoted at 42 to a side of the receptacle 1 and its upper end provided with an oifset portion 43 pivoted eccentric to the pivot 42 to the rear end of the corresponding link 39; and the other, a link 4i adjust able in length, and havingits rear endpivot-ed at 44 tothe forwardlyprojecting arm 7 of the corresponding bearing '6, and its front end ivoted at 45 to the upper or free end of the ever eccentric to the pivot 42, said members 40 41 forming practically a toggle. As the discharging device 2 is forced backvvardly from thc load of fertilizer, the pivot 01 toggle-joint 45 moves downwardly in an are intersecting a straight line passing through the pivots 42 and 44, but immediately after the ivot 45 asses below said line, a face 46 on t 1e memer 40 encounters the upper surface of a fixed abutment or projection 47, whereupon, as will be obvious to those skilled in the art, the members 40 41 are so arranged that they hold the device 2 in its discharging position and positively prevent forward movement thereof. In the referable construction of my invention, a s ioulder on the member 40 is movableI between the pivot 42 and the curved path of movement of the ivct 45, the front face 4S of said shouldc" icing engaged with the rear surface of the abutment -17 at the time the discharging device 2 reaches the limit of its backward movement, and, consequently, said shoulder and abutment coperate to hold the device 2 in its discharging position and to prevent forward movement thereof. This locking means is particularly etlicicnt in that the operation thereof is automatic and wholly dependent upon movement of the discharging device, and also in that said means is in close proximity to the device 2, and is therefore unaffected by the flexibility of parts, as the links 39, connected to actuating means at the front end of the distrihuter.

l prt'fferably connect the locking means for the device 2, and particularly the pivot 42 and the abutment or stationary projection 47 to the supporting bracket 12, by a tie-piece 49 having one end removably secured by suitably fastening means to a side of the ieceptaclc 1, and its other end provided with a latorally-projecting lug 50 formed with an open-ended slot/adapted to receive a portion of one of the bolts 1S, the lug 50 being clamped in position between the head of said bolt and one of the bosses 17. The tie-piece 49 adds greatly to the rigidity of the parts subjected to strain in locking the discharging device 2 in its rearward position during the discharge of the fertilizer, and, consequently, augiiicnts the eiliciency of the locking means for said device 2. When the discharging device 2 is in its forward position, the cranks 38 serve to lock the saine from backward movement.

My fertilizer-distributer is preferably provided with a comb comprising a rocking bar 51 disposed crosswise of the receptacle and provided with depending teeth 52 arranged in the path of the fertilizer when being discharged. The bar 51 is supported by npriglits 53 and a cross-bar 54 connectingr the upper ends of the upriglits and formed integral therewith, said rocking bar 51 being usu-- ally jonrnaled on the cross-bar 54. Springs 55 are arranged between the ends of the rocking bar 51 and the uprights 53, being here shown as coiled upon the ends of the crossbar 54, and normally hold shoulders 56 on the ends of the rocking bar 51 in engagement with the rear faces of the uprights 53, and permit the bar 51 to yield in the direction of movement of the fertilizer being discharged. Said uprights 53 are mounted upon lengthwise bars 57 at opposite sides of the rear of the receptacle 1 and are united to said bars 57 by brackets 5S which are mounted on the bars 57. Brackets 59 are arranged at the rear ends of the sides of the rece itacle 1A in advance of the brackets 12, 13, said brackets l 59 having ears 60 engaging the outer surfaces of said sides.

The comb just described forms no part of i this invention, butis the subject-matter of my application divisional of this application l filed Oct. 15, 1904, Sr. No. 228,459.

The means for supporting the discharging device and coacting mechanism consists of the brackets 12, 13, 5S and the tie-piece 49, previously described. but although these parts are particularly suitable for use with the remaining features of my invention, it will be understood that any other desirable supporting means may be utilized.

rl`he construction and operation of my fertilizer-distributer will now be readily understood upon reference to the foregoing deseription and the accompanying drawings, and it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that more or less change may be made in the component parts thereof, without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a fcrtilizer-distributer, a receptacle for the fertilizer, a discharging device movable for discharging the fertilizer, and having an additional movement into and out of its position assumed when discharging the fertilizer., mechanism for actuating said device to discharge the fertilizer, comprising driving and driven members, the driven nieiiibei being movable with the discharging device into and out of engagement with said driving member and manually operated means for effecting the additional movement of the discharging device, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. In a fertilizer-distributer, a receptacle for the fertilizer, a discharging device movable I' or discharging the fertilizer, and having an additional movement into and out of its position assumed when discharging the fertilizer, mechanism for actuating said device to discharge the fertilizer, com rising a driving member, and a driven mein ei carried by the discharging device and movable therewith into and out of engagement with said driving member and manually operated means for effecting the additional movement of the discharging device, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. In a fertilizer-distributer, a receptacle for the fertilizer, a discharging device movable on an axis for discharging the fertilizer, and having an additional movement into and out of its position assumed when discharging the fertilizer, mechanism for actuating said device to discharge the fertilizer, comprising a driving member, and a driven mein ber having its axis arranged coincident with the axis of the discharging device, said driven meinber being separable from the driving member and movable with the discharging device into and out of engagement with said driving member and manually-operated means for effecting the additional movement of the discharging device, substantially as and for the purpose described.

4. In a fertilizer-distributer, a. receptacle for the fertilizer, a discharging device movable for discharging the fertilizer, and having an additional movement into and out of its position assumed when discharging the fertilizer, mechanism for actuat-ingsaid device te discharge the fertilizer, comprising driving and driven members movable on axes ai'- ranged one in advance of the other, the driven member being movable with the discharging device into and out of engagement with said driving member and manually operated means for effecting the additional movement of the discharging device, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

5. In a fertilizer-distributer, a receptacle for the fertilizer, a discharging device movable on an axis for discharging the fertilizer, and movable rearwardly and forwardly into and out of its position assumed when discharging the fertilizer, and mechanism for actuating said device to discharge the fertiiizer, comprising a driving member arranged with its axis at the rear of the axis of the dis'- chargiiig device,'and a driven member having its axis arranged coincident with the axis of the discharging device, said driven ineinbei being movable rearwardly and forwardly with the discharging device into and out of engagement with the driving member, substantially as and for the purpose described.

6. In a fertilizer-distributer, a receptacle for the fertilizer, a discharging device movable for discharging the' fertilizer, and having an additional movement rectilinearly into and out of its position assumed when discharging the fertilizer, mechanism for actu ating said device to discharge the fertilizer, comprising driving and driven members, the driven member being movable with the discharging device into and out of engagement with said driving member, and being at rest when not engaged with the driving member, and means for constantly rotating the driving member, substantially as and for the pui'- pose s iecified.

7. n a fertilizer-distributer, a receptacle for the fertilizer, a discharging device movable on an axis for discharging the fertilizer, and movable reaiwvardly and forwardly into and out of its position assumed when discharging the fertilizer, said discharging device being alt rest when in its forward position and serving as an end board for the receptacles mechanism for actuating said de`- vice to discharge the fertilizer, comprising driving and driven members, the driven member being movable rearwardly and forwardly with the discharging device into and out of engagement with said driving member, and being at rest when the discharging device is at rest, and means for constantly rotating the driving member, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

8. In a fertilizer-distributer, a receptacle for the fertilizer, a discharging device movable for discharging the fertilizer, and having an additional movement into and out of its position assumed when discharging the fertilizer, mechanism for actuating said device to discharge the fertilizer, a fixed abutment, and means for moving the discharging device into and out of its position assumed -when discharging the fertilizer, said means coperating with the fixed abutment. when said device is in its discharging position and thereby holding the device in said position, substantially as and for the purpose described.

9. In a fertilizer-distributer, a receptacle for the fertilizer, a discharging device Amovable for discharging the fertilizer, and having an additional movement into and out of its position assumed when discharging the fertilizer, mechanism for actuating said device to discharge the fertilizer, a fixed abutment, an operating member, and means for transmit-ting motion from the operating member to the discharging device to move said device into and out of its position assumed when' discharging the fertilizer, said means coperatin g with the: fixed abutment when said dcvice is in zt s discharging position and thereby holding the device in said position, substantiailyaf` and for the purpose specified.

10. In a fertili.'.er-distributer, a receptacle for the fertilizer, a discharging device movable for discharging the fertilizer, and having an. additionai movement into and out of its position assumed when discharging the fertilizer, mechanism for actuating said device to discharge the fertilizer, locking means for holding the discharging device in its position assumed when discharging the fertilizer, and an operating member for moving the discharging device into and out of its position assumed when discharging the fertilizer and for simultaneouslymoving the locking means int-o and out of operative position, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

11. In `a fertilizer-disti'ibuter, a receptacle able for discharging the fertilizer, and having an additional movement into and out of its position assumed when discharging the fertilizer, mechanism for actuating said device to discharge the fertilizer, and locking means for holding the discharging device in its position assumed when discharging the fertilizer, said means comprising a pivoted lever, and a link movable on a pivot connected to the discharging device, and pivoted to the lever eccentric to the pivot of said lever, the axis of for the fertilizer, a discharging device movthe pivot connecting said lever and link, bei ing movable in an arc beyond a line passing through the pivot of the lever, and the pivot for the link connected to the discharging device, substantially as and for the purpose described.

12. In al fertilizer-distributer, a receptacle for the fertilizer, a discharging device movable for discharging the fertilizer, and having an additional movement into and out of its position assumed when discharging the fertilizer, mechanism for actuating said device to discharge the fertilizer, and loci-Ling means comprising a fixed abutment and means for holding the discharging device in its position assumed when discharging the fertilizer, said last-named means having a part movable into engagement with the abutment, substantialljvvv as and for the purpose specified.

13. In a fertilizer-distributer, a receptacle for the fertilizer, a discharging device movable f/:r discharging the fertilizer, and having an additional movement into and out of its position assumed when discharging the fertilizer, mechanism for actua-ting said device to discharge the fertilizer, a movable support for the discharging device, and locking means comprising an abutment in advance of the movable support, and means for holding the discharging device in its position assumed when discharging the fertilizer, said last-named means being provided with a part movable between thc support for the discharging device and the abutment, and into engagement with said abutment. substantially as and for the iurpose set forth.

14. In a fertilizer-distriouter, a receptacle for the fertilizer, a discharging device movable for discharging the fertilizer, and having an additional movement into and out of its position assumed when discharging the fertilizer, mechanism for actuating said device to discharge the fertilizer, a movable support for the discharging device, and locking means comprising a fixed abutment, a pivoted lever, and a link adjustable in length and pivoted to the movable support and also pivoted to the lever eccentric to the pivot of said lever, the axis ofthe pivot connecting said lever and link, being movable in an arc beyond a line passing through the pivotof the lever, and the pivot connecting the link to the su iort, said lover having a shoulder movab e etween the pivot for the lever and the curved path of movement of the pivot connecting said lever and link, into engagement 4with the fixed abutment, substantially as and for the purpose described.

15. In a fertilizer-distributer, a. receptacle for the fertilizer, a discharging device movable for discharging the fertilizer, and having an additional movement into and out of its position assumed when discharging the fertlhzer, mechanism for actuating said device to discharge the fertilizer, a sup orting braciet for the discharging device', ocking means for holding the discharging device in its position assumed when discharging the fertilizer, and a support for said locking means. connected to the bracket, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

16. In a fertilizer-distributer, a receptacle for the fertilizer, a discharging device movable for discharging the fertilizer, and having an additional movement into and out of its position assumed when discharging the fertilizer, mechanism for actuating said device to discharge the fertilizer, a suporting bracket for the discharging device, locking means for holding the discharging device in its position assumed when discharging the fertilizer, said means comprising a fixed abutment and a rocking lever movable into and out of engagement with the abutment, and a support having one end fixed to the abutment and to the pivot for the rocking lever, and its other end detachably engaged the purpose set forth.

17. In a fertilizcr-distributer, a receptacle for the fertilizer, a discharging device movable for discharging the fertilizer, and having an additional movement into and out of its position assumed when discharging the fervice to discharge the fertilizer, comprising a driving member provided with sprocketteeth, a driven member carried by the discharging device and movable therewith into and out of engagement with said driving member, a sprocket-Wheel, and a chain engaging the sprocket-teeth of the driving member and the sprocket-wheel, substantially as and for the purpose described.

nation of a receptacle for the fertilizer, and a discharging device movable for discharging the fertilizer, and having an additional movement. into and out of its osition assumed when discharging the ferti izer; with mechanism for actuating said device to discharge the fertilizer, comprising a driving member provided with a hub of angular cross-section, a s )rocket-wheel detachably mounted on the hu a second sprocket-Wheel, a chain connecting said sprocket-wheels, and a driven member fixed to the discharging device and movable therewith into and out of engagement with said driving member, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

19. In a fertilizer-distributer, the combination of a receptacle for the fertilizer, and a. discharging device for the fertilizer; with a supporting bracket for the discharging device provided With a spindle, a driving axle, and mechanism for actuating the discharging device comprising a driving member supl ported by the spindle, a driven member assowith the bracket, substantially as and for.

tilizer, and mechanism for actuating said de- 1S. In a fertilizer-distributer, the combieiated with the discharging device and coperatmg wlth the drlvmg member, sprocketwheels on the dnvmg member and drwmg sprocketwheels, and a race between the driving axle and the outer end of the spindle, substantially as and for the purpose speoifled.

In Tesi-imony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of' two ei.- 10 testing wxtnesses, at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in the Stato of New Your, tlns axle, and a chain eoeating with the l 15th day of March, 1904.

ROBERT LOVE.

Witnesses D. LAVINE, S. DAVIS. 

